Quality of life improvement in children with otitis media with effusion post ventilation tube insertion: A prospective cohort study.

• Tác giả: Muataz H Alhashem, Sultan A Al-Ibraheem, Abdullah S Alkhaldi, Fahad A Al-Saab, Lama M AlSahli
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 344.0412 Labor, social service, education, cultural law
• Thông tin xuất bản: Saudi Arabia : Saudi medical journal , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 64984

Tóm tắt

OBJECTIVES: To study is to establish the OM-6 scores in Saudi children with OME and subjectively assess the change in QoL following VT insertion. The Otitis Media 6 (OM-6) questionnaire is a widely used measure of the quality of life (QoL) in children with otitis media with effusion (OME). Myringotomy with ventilation tube (VT) insertion is indicated when OME persists with clinically documented hearing impairment. METHODS: The present study is a prospective cohort study investigating the QoL of children with OME using a validated OM-6 questionnaire. The caregivers of 100 children were subjected to the questionnaire preoperatively from January 2023 to December 2023. All included patients underwent bilateral myringotomy and VT insertion with adenoidectomy under general anaesthesia. Caregivers were asked to complete the OM-6 questionnaire three months postoperatively to assess the change in QoL. RESULTS: A total of 100 children were enrolled in this study. The average OM-6 score was 16 before surgery and reduced to 7 after surgery. There is a statistically significant reduction in the score after the surgery ( CONCLUSION: The QoL of children with OME measured by OM-6 questionnaire significantly improved following VT insertion.